Marteese Maxwell

Marteese Maxwell (1958-1992) was a Grove Street Families gangster.

Biography
Marteese Maxwell was born in Compton, Los Angeles County, California in 1958 to a family of poor African-Americans, and he became involved with the Grove Street Families gang at a young age. In 1992, Maxwell was sent to guard the Los Angeles territory of Echo Park after Carl Johnson took over the neighborhood from the Ballas, and Johnson recruited him into his crew during his expansion of the GSF's territory. He later took part in Johnson's assault on Ballas turf in Watts, and he assisted him in killing several Ballas members before himself being gunned down.